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Peter Donald Beauchamp Hitchener (born 21 February 1946) is an Australian television presenter. He has been the chief news presenter for Melbourne's edition of ''Nine News'' since 1998, and prior to that was the weekend news presenter. ==Career== Originally from rural Queensland, Hitchener began his media career in 1965 at the Brisbane radio station 4BH where he wrote, edited and presented news bulletins. Hitchener then moved on to ABC Brisbane where he undertook roles as a television news and radio presenter. Still at the ABC, he moved to Sydney in 1973 where he was a relief presenter on the evening news for James Dibble.〔 Hitchener moved to the Nine Network after one year at ABC Sydney, presenting ''National Nine News'' first in Sydney and then in Melbourne as the presenter of ''News Centre Nine''. In 1977, Hitchener began hosting the breakfast show on 3AW before moving to 3AK in 1979. At about this time, Hitchener also became chief weekend news presenter and understudy to first-choice news presenter Brian Naylor. In 1985, Hitchener resigned from 3AK.〔 When Brian Naylor retired in 1998, Hitchener took over as presenter of ''Nine News Melbourne'' on weeknights. In 2008 Hitchener celebrated 10 years as the weeknight news presenter, and in that time has become one of Melbourne's most respected news presenters. In October 2010, Hitchener signed another three years as presenter of ''Nine News Melbourne''. In January 2013, the Nine Network celebrated Hitchener's 40-year career with the network at a gala dinner where many speakers paid tribute to his work in news and the community. In July 2014, it was announced Hitchener had signed a new contract to remain presenter of Nine News, believed to be for five years 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Channel 9 newsreader Peter Hitchener inks deal to become Australia's longest running newsreader )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Hitchener」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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